Posted by Deneb on August 27, 2010, at 19:45:15
I was just wondering if my failure to thrive as a toddler has anything to do with my current mental problems.
My parents have always said I was extremely hard to take care of as a baby. I was colic. I cried all the time and didn't sleep much. By contrast my little sister would do nothing much but eat and sleep and was a very easy to care for baby.
As a toddler I had a failure to thrive. I wasn't growing much and was underweight. I actually remember a nurse coming to visit me at home and telling my parents what I needed to eat.
I remember the long battles at meal time. I would chew and not swallow food or refuse to eat altogether.
I was underweight my whole childhood, but puberty made me gain some weight. As an adult I am normal weight now but very short, at only 4'11".
I was just wondering if my lack of nutrition as a child contributed to my current problems. Hmmm...actually as a child I had a lot of mental problems too. Is it likely that the lack of nutrition caused my current problems or that I had problems as a child because I was born with problems?
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